By dennismary.slave@gmail.com 
New bikes don’t come around too often and when they do, we want to care for them in order to promote a long and happy life on the trails! You had better make sure you don’t make any of these mistakes to make sure your bike looks fresh and stays in great shape for as long as possible!
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
00:13 – Frame Protection
01:22 – Easing Into Riding
01:40 – Bike Set Up
02:29 – Clean Your Bike
03:47 – Tyre Pressure
04:20 – Torque Check!
05:44 – Check Your Spokes
06:26 – Lube Your Chain
08:25 – Black Tape Is Great!
09:25 – Care When Transporting
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Interesting tips – and really like how he says 'OOOrbea' – my screen wobbled a bit at that point 😁
should be marked as MUC-OFF commercial 😉
I like the crank scratches, it lets you know you been putting in miles, just paint it later
Fantastic video managed to inadvertantly do all of them minus the black tape! Mudguards gonna have made a mess
What is- /where can i find that rubber stuff you put on the BB and cranks?
I must be the only one that doesn’t stress about scratches on the frame or forks. I’m just gonna ride through the mountains and eventually crash and mark it all up anyway.
limit screws. the stupid shop didnt adjust my limit screws and it shifted down into the frame on the rear.
hah that bird under the car at 6:18 , so adorable 😂
I always hear "how is your chain so shiny?" When I tell people that I clean and lube my chain they act as if they've never heard of it, makes shifting really smooth and keeps the bike looking fresh, keep it up GMBN!
You can buy small bits of vinyl protection (for cars) for like a 1/3 of the price online fyi.
When finishing a trail ride use mud daddy to take of the dirt helps maintain it too…
I think that was another thing that was kind of confusing was really understanding how much travel I was working with in comparison to the 275 set up that was on that I was on before I set up my 29er and when I really think about it I only had to really adjust my travel short bit having gone from a hardtail to a full suspension setup
When I put together my 29 inch Specialized camber I did a couple of these tips I definitely covered up my low end against chain bounce but everything else I ended up just kind of letting happen naturally cuz I knew ultimately it was going to catch some scratches
You haven't done a Clips V Flats video for a while, you guys are slacking.
I went from a short wheelbase 26" wheel bike to a long wheelbase 29er with out learning to ride the 29er. I was wrecking continuously.
my top tip for spray lube is apply it nearer the front cogs. helps keep over spray from getting everywhere. Not sure of negatives of putting it on ther though
How do you keep your bike brush clean? Or do you just replace it every year or so?
Side note, does anyone know how to report a scammer channel? On my iPhone I don’t get further than a “leave comment” box, and the submit button doesn’t seem to work. Very annoying as it fills up YouTube with scammer channels impersonating good content creators
I found riding through Heather cleaned my chainrings, and coarse wet trail sand cleaned out chain lube. That said I live 10 km down a dirt road, s my car never gets a decent wash aside from when it’s windy and rains++
Adding an O ring to your axles can create enough tension to keep them from backing out.
45 years of riding and I didn't check my tyres Sunday, how I didn't snake bite the front. How I didn't notice on the way up…
Interestingly.. on the way up I was too tired to ride, so I walked the bike up the shorter steep firebreak… and what normally takes me 30min took 18…
Makes me wonder… Is it quicker at a bike park to walk your bike up the steepest road rather than the shallow well trodden "way up".
(My example is Makara Peak, Wellington NZ's 'Upswing' into 'Aratihi' as the normal low grade (under 10%) climb vs the 16%ish firebreak 'Snake Charmer' at about half the distance.)
hey GMBN, how often do you give the bike a proper wash? I live in a very dusty dry riding area and don't know what is to much washing.
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I reckon they're for riding not staring at. I'm happy for mine to get scuffed and scratched.
no matter how you use the aerosol spray it always finds a way to contaminate the pads, might as well just get a good drip lube so you don't sound like a garbage truck when you have to slow down
Enjoy this Muc-off commercial
Made them already never again
Had my rear axel come out on a downhill in Colorado. Very lucky that it happened on a flat stretch after some chunk and before the coming jumps…it could have gone terribly wrong.
Very interested in that tool kit with those torque adapters. What toolkit is that?
No bike assembler can be trusted, whether you got your bike online or offline. Torque those bolts yourself.
Also have a raw carbon. Just some clear film is great on it. You can still see the carbon weave that way.
Great video and informative. Im OCD when it comes to cleaning my Nukeproof and especially the chain and mech’s.
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Did anyone notice the bird under the car at 6:20?
just dont use spray lubes on chain. Expensive and never helps the brakes…
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With the rear axles and these hanger nuts, make sure to check those. You definitely don't want those two over tight. The hanger nut is a backwards thread and usually around 25 Nm. The axle is regular thread and around 10 Nm. I neglected to check mine this summer and they had tightened together to the point where I couldn't get the axle out. The hex head on the axle was stripping. The bike shop ended up using a drill and snapping the axle in half trying to loosen them. It's a good idea to loosen these two off, then re-tighten to spec.
4:33 I would also recoomend checking that you steam has been fitted correctly and is not clamped to the spacers. I failed to do this on my trail bike and it broke my leg on Vanderers Trail @ FOD.
Another new bike new Neil?
You get new bikes so often I'm surprised you even bother to go all out with protection. Do you guys have your own mechanics there that fix up your bike and clean it and so forth?
Kind of reminds me of a car dealer car salesman that get demos to drive.
Love a new bike 😃 Love a clean bike 😃 Love video’s like this ❤
Be careful during cutting packing foam. This way I make nasty scratch on frame of my new bike 🙁